Another great capture Sir Ji. regards
Prasad On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot Tabish ji > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Gurcharan ji, >> That is a wonderful identification! Without the knowledge of >> Scutellaria grossa, Scutellaria discolor seemed like the best fit for >> the plant presently at FOI. But the plant is indeed Scutellaria >> grossa. Infact, Prashant has first sent his flower picture from >> Meghalaya as Scutellaria discolor. >> Best wishes >> - Tabish >> >> On Jan 28, 7:32 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> > *Scutellaria grossa* Wall. ex Benth. in Wall., Pl. As. Ran. 1: 67. 1830 >> > >> > Pubescent perennial herb with slender ascending stems reaching 50 cm; >> lower >> > leaves triangular-ovate, 3-8 cm long, strongly and coarsely crenate, >> > cuneate to slightly cordate at base, lower with up to 3 cm long petiole, >> > upper gradually reduced and becoming sessile; flowers blue more >> strongly in >> > the upper lip elsewhere lighter colour to almost white, especially lower >> > lip, forming a terminal up to 15 cm long raceme; bracts leaf-like, >> longer >> > than pedicel and calyx especially in lower flowers; pedicel 3-4 mm long; >> > calyx nearly 3 mm long, enlarging in fruit, scutellum 3 mm high; corolla >> > tube 11-14 mm long covered with short glandular hairs; nutlets black. >> > >> > Photographed from Chakrata area in September and Kud in J & K in August >> > >> > I had my first doubts about this plant being uploaded on Flowers of >> India >> > as S. discolor and by us from Chakrata, and I gave the detailed links >> in my >> > following mail: >> > >> > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Scutellaria$. >> .. >> > >> > After further scrutiny and the plant uploaded by Prashant ji in the same >> > thread (from Meghalaya, and which I think belongs to S. discolor, also >> > reported from Western Ghats) and study of specimens and description I >> have >> > come to realise that our plant is clearly S. grossa and improperly >> > represented at Flowers of India. The two species can be clearly >> > distinguished as under: >> > >> > *S. discolor:* leaves elliptic-ovate, mildly crenate with almost rounded >> > crenations; flowers purplish; bracts very small shorter than pedicel >> > >> > *S. grossa:* leaves triangular-ovate, strongly crenate with somewhat >> > pointed crenations; flowers blue; bracts larger, lower almost leafy, >> upper >> > gradually smaller but distinctly >> > longer than pedicel. >> > >> > The following links should help >> > >> > http://www.iiim.res.in/herbarium/lamiaceae/scutellaria_grossa.htm >> > >> > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=4930&flora_id=2 >> > >> > http://eelke.li/manaslu/plaatjes/ej002.jpg >> > >> > http://131.230.176.4/imgs/pso/r/Lamiaceae_Scutellaria_discolor_30710.. >> .. >> > >> > http://131.230.176.4/imgs/pso/r/Lamiaceae_Scutellaria_discolor_30709.. >> .. >> > >> > -- >> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> > Retired Associate Professor >> > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> > >> > Scutellaria-grossa-Chakrata Budher caves road-2.jpg >> > 260KViewDownload >> > >> > Scutellaria-grossa-Chakrata Budher Caves road-3.jpg >> > 230KViewDownload >> > >> > Scutellaria-grossa-Chakrata Deovan Road-1.jpg >> > 186KViewDownload >> > >> > Scutellaria-grossa-Kud-J & K-1.jpg >> > 259KViewDownload >> > >> > Scutellaria-grossa-Kud-J & K-2.jpg >> > 174KViewDownload > > > > > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Odisha, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241
